Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-27
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the realms Of the blessed. the de 5n;ante
i the most enviabls creature on earth
Her lot certainly reads eharmingly-un-
limited balls, unlimited good clothes.
unlimited lovers. unlimited good times
Of every kind. In nine cases out Of ten
she does ENJOY herself immensely, es-
pee ally If sne has the elements OF an
attractive woman. She rarely makes .
serious conquest, but her half dozen
placid little fiirtatioas afford hesauite As
keen q pleasure As the more ponderous
affairs of her second season She adores
daneing-s pleasure which by next win
ter becomes 4 bore-she reyels Ia her
pretty frOeks, sne is wild to have lots OF
bouquets, and IS clever enough 10 look
very coy over th0se her papa buys her;
her apparent delight. when more men
gather around her than any other girl.
S charming; her flush and joyful face
when she is taken out in the german Is
one of the prettiess things in the world.
Yet some weeks ago l met a girl
who will make her debut next sea-
son with great selat. who said she
dreaded the whole thing Sue viii be
Is, she IS pretty enough to be al
trac i've. 81 e Is unusually bright and re-
ine9, she comes of an T. T. y. Y, to
any IN. mber Of which every door on
Ffth ayeuue opens vi paeasnrs, and
every member Of which Will leave nc
stone unIuTned 70 make her = success.
She will have balls ami receptions given
in her homer. and gowns from Worth
and Felix. Ii she were repulsivsly plain
ami abn0rmally stupid she eoaid no; fail
to be a sort of belle hacked by hsr
family connexions sn3 her fathers 20 i
tion and wealth / asked her why she
didn't like the idea OF coming out, and
she gave me brief insight into the bua' 8
first season.
There are three fanGsmel tal rules, IN
alterable as the Laws Of the Mesi~s and
Persisr., TO be observed in the Debut
ante. life-to preserve her health aad
good looks; TO keep her always in good
spirits, and never let her so 10 any bat
the very hest eatertaiAnsn:s. Tie first
of these is the most important. She is
treated like pTlzs animal. Her whole
success, trembling IN the baiancs-ta be
decided this year OF nsyer-dePends on
her health holding Ous. Her sleep Is.
therefore. of sovereign importance, and
perfOrce she becomes little siu g-A-bed-
The whole house i up and doing for b u $
while madem0lsslle lies n scented slum-
Der, warm and rosy In her little white
bed, With the curtains drawn - keep
cut every ray Of tie mid day sun. the
door closa shuts outside In the hallway
the servants just cFssp past on tip-toe,
and the little brothers ard sisters must
be sent to play in the park for fear they
may shout too loudly. About II she Is
wakened. Her mad O nes in with her
coffee and wafer OF bread and butter,
srrspses her la h. Plaees her wrapper
over chair. al d her fur,liued slippers
by the beasids, draws tie curtain
and lets a little shsfs Of snnlig
creep into the scented, pink twi-
light ef the rOcm. Mamma Genes in,
toe, for a good morOieg kiss, and Gaade-
maiszlle warmly nestses -amans her pill
lows. in a china silk rote de mutt. all
rutffes of lace. y2Wns and stretches lux
u1iautly As th y talk ever last night S
dances. Then she gets up snd dresses.
This i solemn Tize, an3 she performs
it with appr pirate slowness. Tie
SeriouSns Ot her round. childish face Is
intense as she sits before the glass in a
satiu-liuesi, sur-'rmnnsd wrapper. soak
iug her PINK tlngsr-tiFs II a bowl OF
warm water, and watching Marie braid
and coil her br1wa locks, then deli
cately heat tue torgs IN a thin bius
fsme. and pinch the clusters Of papers
ON her forehead, ON. of which. IN the
fall.sss Of time, fl halo of brown
eaIls will emerge. Ii al last nights bali
msslc.aossslls was a belle. and there are
: heap Of german favoTs on the lace
drape0s dressiag-table. Marie has an easy
time, u not, she Is constantly iafer-
ruptei by, oh, Marie. how You do
puir.: Marie. Eki;g z her he.d
away. mot that way. much tighter or.
Good heavens. Low stapid you are,
Not as tight as that: do y0u want me to
look like Cisinese.,
After this comes breakfast, lunch and
tie heat AMI burden OF the day begin.
Mamma and hsr daU.hser dna Their ca :
onieais and do one of Two things
pay sis. hich can't te very aaaasia :,
for When their cards are taken by a gor-
geous fOotmaa WHO szys the ladies are
not at home they are excesdingly icy iul,
or 90 TO a reception OF tea, suyerhly
clad, enormously bored Here. IN
stately yarl0rS, crowded II ;heir utnost
capacity with well-.iresSei, weli-l K
i.g thrang o. psepls=. they sse sveTybady
and get through i cd deal of ;slkee-
taIkee. All madealois coaitmpa-
raries are thsre iu their new gowns.
quantities OF youpg narrsei women. an
tertiary Period tell.s :, hundreds of poriiy
natr1ns. and Few srsSll ys in deg
cared collars and nestly parted hair, who
carry plates of ice cream aasi cups ai tea
to the young girls. aud leaning over
them with an air os frantic devotion,
say:
ssGoins to the BlGnderbuss-Jonts to
nights.
"Yes: do you think it will be fu =
ss0h, no; besstly bore, of course.
oae's got to 90 through With it, Though.
DO YOU dine a, Ms Mon,morsn "
Bogss
"Yes-all our set. l believe. 5 E
ehapercnes u to the dance
''Sh Il l see You at the D. Jourcs 5
to morrow nights
''oh. | suppose 50 We.s goins to
the Queen Of Sheb4' first o. course
we'll leave al er B6snil's veal IL:
..r!l drop in GU you. If l can mansgs
it. Are you engaged for the germaq at
the Patriarehs' On Fass lay. Ny May
L have the pleasurss
A murmuret seesptanoe.
"Thsuks. swfIy. I'll see yon at Tos.
sic Van Stuyvssant's On Monday, won 1
l. They say shes engaged TO Patrick
the Boaanzs man Good By e
until this evening. aud he drifts away
to the next girl.
Home again after the reception, TO
dress for MIS-. Mon;morency Boess' DIN
ner. Some of her kindred buds are to
be there, and she feels that he must out
shine thsm or die in the attempt. Il
her morning toilet was solemn, her even
ing one is revsrsntisl. The old nars
and mamma. and Marie all lend
helping hands. Besides these there is
who manipniztss madenoi